Christos Steriopoulos

The president of the Pakistani community, Javed Aslan, prays at the site where migrant Shahzad Luqman was murdered in central Athens by two men with links to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group on the 11th anniversary of the incident. Luqman, aged 27, was attacked and stabbed seven times in Petralona, south of the city center, on January 17, 2013, as he was cycling to his place of work.

Athens appeals court on Monday commuted life sentences for two men convicted in 2014 for the murder of a 27-year-old Pakistani national while he was cycling to work to terms of 21 years and 5 months, prompting protests. 

An Athens prosecutor has asked an appeals court to uphold the life sentence for two men convicted in 2014 for the murder of a 27-year-old Pakistani national while he was cycling to work.
Christos Steriopoulos and Dionysis Liakopoulos were convicted to life in prison after stabbing Luqman Shehzad seven times on January 17, 2013, in the Athens neighborhood of Petralona.

An Athens court on Monday will be hearing the appeal of two men convicted in 2014 for the 2013 murder of a 27-year-old Pakistani national while he was cycling to work one morning.

Christos Steriopoulos, 33, and Dionysis Liakopoulos, 29, were convicted to life in prison after stabbing Luqman Shehzad, then 27, seven times on January 17, 2013, in the Athens neighborhood of Petralona.

An Athens court Tuesday sentenced two Greek men to life in prison for murdering Luqman Shehzad, a 27-year-old Pakistani national, in Athens last year.

Judges said there were no extenuating circumstances that could lessen the sentence.